Securing device



Nov. 27, 1923. I 1,475,827

L. J. HOGARTY SECURING DEVICE Filed Jan. 17. 1922 INVENTUR Paten-eel Nov. 2'?, i923.

atrae 'raras LEO J. HOGARTY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Application filed January 17, 1922.

"5. 10 all 'whom t may concern Be it known that l, Lne J. Hoolinrr, a citiyzen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improven'xent in Securing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v lThis invention relates to imi'irovements in securing devices, particularly to a securing device which is designed Jfor fastening a plurality oi' pieces of leather, metal, or any other material together.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, which may serve the double purpose ci' a securing device and seal, or which may have suitable identifying indicia displayed thereon and be attached to u, single thickness or sheet of material such as an automobile license plate, and serve only as a seal.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a securing device which is compara tively easy to apply, and yet, a securing device which will firmly and securely hold after it has been applied.

A. still further object is to provide a securing device which will be simple and practical in construction, durable and efficient in use, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and capable of numerous uses.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features or' construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. t

In-the accompanying drawings Figure l is a sectional view showing the rivet in applied position before the riveting operation;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts after the riveting operation;

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on the line 3--3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4lis a similar view on the line 4 4; of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, I have indicated a pair of thicknesses of leather fabric l and 2 provided with registering openings 3 for the reception of my improved rivet.

rlhe rivet comprises a headed male element e and a headed female element 5. The te- Serial N0. 529,971.

male element is provided with a hollow shank 6 adapted to be project-ed through the registering openings in the fabric and receive the solid shank 7 of the male element which is entered from the opposite side of the fabric.

9 represents a substantially cup-shaped washer which is positioned around the hollow shank t5 and located on the saine side of the fabric as the male element d. The cupped portion ci' the washer is of suiiicient diameter to conveniently receive the, head of the male element t.

The hollow shank 6 adjacent its open end is provided with a plurality oi' longitudinal slits l0 which serve to define bendable tongues ll adapted to bend or buckle when pressure is exerted longitudinally of the shank. An annular groove or recess l2 is formed in the solid shank 7 adjacent the head of the member 4f.

-After the rivet has been assembled, as shown in Figure i, the riveting operation is performed by placing the head of the female element on an anvil and striking the head of the male element. As the head of the male element is struck, the ends of the tongues 1l will be bent upwardly and clamped between the washer 9 and the head of the male element. At the same time the intermediate portion of these tongues will kick back or bend inwardly under the stress of the blow and will be forced into the groove l2, as seen in Figure 2, thereby absolutely locking the two Shanks against separation. The riveting` operation also serves to drive the head 4: into the cupped portion et the washer 9 so that it is impossible toinsert a tool under the head of the male element for the purpose oi' prying the shanks apart. The head of the male member may have any suitable indicia displayed thereon, as before suggested.

From the 'foregoing description, it will be seen that l. provide a rivet which .is very simple in operation and easy to apply, and yet, which will take a tremendous amount of power to remove, it being necessary to break the rivet in order to separate the interlocked Shanks.

The exact shape of the groove or recess 12 might be considerably altered and various other slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without depart- 'ing from the invention, and hence I do not iii tween the head of the male element and the washer.

2. A securing device `comprising `a male element, including a head and a solid shank, and a female element including a head and a hollow shank receiving the solid shank, a kwasher receiving` the hollow shank, and means whereby advancement of the heads toward each other upsets the open endvoit the hollow shank and clamps the same between the head of the male element and the washer, said solid shank having a recess therein into which a portion of said hollow sleeve is adapted to buckle during the clamping operation.

3. A securing device including a malle and a female element adapted to enter opposite sides of niaterial to be riveted, said male element including a head and a solid shank, said female element including a head and a hollow shank receiving said solid shank, a 'cup-shaped washer receiving the hollow shank and located on the opposite side of the material from the head ot the female element, said hollow shank beingslit'- ted longitudinally adjacent its open end, whereby it is buckled and clamped between the washer and the head of the solid shank when the two heads are advanced toward one another. y

4. A securing device including a male and female element adapted to enter `opposite sides olt material to be riveted, said male element including a head and a solid shank, said teni-ale element including a head and a hollow shank receiving said solid invasa? shank7 a cup-shaped .vasher receiving the hollow shank and located on the opposite side o1 the material from the head of the female element, said hollow shank being slitted longitudinally adjacent its open end, whereby it is buckled and clamped between the washer and the head oit' the solid shank when the two heads advanced toward one another, and said solid shank having an annular groeve therein into which a portion ot said hollow shank is adapted to buckle upon advance oli the heads toward each other.

5. fr securing device and seal, comprising headed interloekin male and female Shanks, the head ot one shank adapted to have indicia displayed thereon, and a cup-shaped washer around the Shanks receiving said head and locked to one of said shanks.

6. A securing` device including a headed hollow shank member and a headed solid shank member adapted to be `received therein, said headed solid shank member having a recess, and a flanged washer adapted to surround the headed hollow sha-nr member, said i'langed washer adapted to receive the opposite end of the hollow shank member upon movement oi': the two shank members toward each other. y

7. securingdevice comprising amale element including a head and a solid shank and a female element including 'a hea-d and a hollow shank receiving said solid shank, a Yhanged washer receiving the hollow shank, and means whereby advancement of the heads toward each other buckles the open end or the hollow shank within the conlines or' said ilangedwasher.

i8. A securing device comprising a male member including a head and a solid shank, a female member including a head and a. hollow shank receiving the solid shank, a. flanged washer adapted to receive the head ot' the solid shank, and means whereby advancement oi trie heads toward each other buckles the lower end of the hollow shank and clamps the same between the head of the solid shank and the washer andi'within the conhnes of the ilange thereof.

LEO J. HOGARTY. 

